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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People runs 2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Ward (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2listening hrs
Rom-Comstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 2 hours, it is shorter than 99% of the 7,183 Rom-Com audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is an audiobook by Oscar Wilde: a 2-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Ward, released November 29, 2017, on the Rom-Com and Classics (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
2 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Ward
Released
November 29, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Rom-Com, Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781982774462

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People as an audiobook?

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People runs 2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.

Is The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People?

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is narrated by Michael Ward.